CanLit was born within a colonial landscape, just as each of us has been. The very words we speak, and the forms in which we write were also birthed within that context. Here is a reading list of indigenous authors, living in what is now known as Canada, whose work reclaims languages, expands beyond colonial structures, and celebrates lives that are systematically oppressed.
Wordstock Sudbury Literary Festival has been thrilled to host many authors from this list, including Waubgeshig Rice, David A. Robertson, Drew Hayden Taylor, Michelle Good, Lee Maracle, Liz Howard, and Gregory Scofield. Stay tuned for our 2023 program!
Spells, Wishes, and the Talking Dead
By Wanda John-Kehewin
The Fire Still Burns
By Sam George
Moving Upstream
By Mary Barnes
kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân / The Way I Remember
By Solomon Ratt
Old Gods
By Conor Kerr
The Elk Whistle Warrior Society
By Rick Rivelle
Carrying It Forward
By John Brady McDonald
Faller
By Jules Delorme
The Big Melt
By Emily Riddle
Killing the Wittigo
By Suzanne Methot
Son of a Trickster
By Eden Robinson
VenCo
By Cherie Dimaline
Letters In A Bruised Cosmos
By Liz Howard
The Moon of the Crusted Snow
By Waubgeshig Rice
Five Little Indians
By Michelle Good
Crow Winter
By Karen McBride
Life In The City of Dirty Water
By Clayton Thomas-Muller
Split Tooth
By Tanya Tagaq
Cut To Fortress
By Tawahum Bige
Avenue Of Champions
By Conor Kerr
